Red Dead Redemption 2

Kiith

Yeah, i was the same. It was a huge amount of fun, with the potential for it to be even better. But Take 2 saw the cash cow potential, and it just went downhill from there.

Kintarō Hattori

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rockstar-Games-PS423045-Dead-Redemption/product-reviews/B01M65RD19/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_paging_btm_2?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&pageNumber=2

What on earth is the point of those 'reviews'?

Exclamation Marc

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rockstar-Games-PS423045-Dead-Redemption/product-reviews/B01M65RD19/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_paging_btm_2?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&pageNumber=2

What on earth is the point of those 'reviews'?

Because some people are just hilarious!

Benzino

The online component will feature a Battle Royale mode

Exclusive: Red Dead Redemption 2 leak

Nailz

Benzino wrote: »

The online component will feature a Battle Royale mode

Exclusive: Red Dead Redemption 2 leak

By what means should we expect to parachute down to earth in a game set in the 19th century? :pac:

jayo26

Oooohhhhhhhh sounds fun.

jayo26

Nailz wrote: »

By what means should we expect to parachute down to earth in a game set in the 19th century? :pac:

If your parachuting down to earth I'd say you be using a parachute

Nailz

jayo26 wrote: »

If your parachuting down to earth I'd say you be using a parachute

Fecks sake.

ERG89

Benzino wrote:

The online component will feature a Battle Royale mode

Going forward I'd be amazed if it's not in most games now. An optional first person sounds strange as lassoing & riding a horse doesn't sound great in that mode....didnt like it in GTA V either tbh.

jayo26

I'm surprised they haven't brought battle royal into gta online..... or have they?

Kenjataimu

Nailz wrote: »

By what means should we expect to parachute down to earth in a game set in the 19th century? :pac:

My guess is we'll be all hogtied to horses and eventually getting free in the general area you picked.

Benzino

Parachutes did exist in the 1900's. Not sure how else they could do it.

EoinHef

jayo26 wrote: »

I'm surprised they haven't brought battle royal into gta online..... or have they?

They did. Havent played it though so no idea how good it is.

The level of MT's in GTA V is rotten,the whole economy in the MP is skewed because of them. Either 100's of hours of grind to get some higher end items or pay. In fact id go as far as saying that its one of the worst examples of MT's out there. Yet the game is wildly popupar.

The extra content to the online is welcome but if the cost is those MT's i cant see myself playing another R*/Take 2 game online.

jayo26

EoinHef wrote: »

They did. Havent played it though so no idea how good it is.

The level of MT's in GTA V is rotten,the whole economy in the MP is skewed because of them. Either 100's of hours of grind to get some higher end items or pay. In fact id go as far as saying that its one of the worst examples of MT's out there. Yet the game is wildly popupar.

The extra content to the online is welcome but if the cost is those MT's i cant see myself playing another R*/Take 2 game online.

I put alit of hours into it on ps4 and then on gtav I felt the same and it eventually drove me away too.

EoinHef

EoinHef wrote: »

They did. Havent played it though so no idea how good it is.

The level of MT's in GTA V is rotten,the whole economy in the MP is skewed because of them. Either 100's of hours of grind to get some higher end items or pay. In fact id go as far as saying that its one of the worst examples of MT's out there. Yet the game is wildly popupar.

The extra content to the online is welcome but if the cost is those MT's i cant see myself playing another R*/Take 2 game online.

Fishing is the ultimate grind and has "buy this loot crate instead" written all over it.

Penn

Yeah I have to admit looking back that there was a level of grinding required in the MP in GTAV that probably helped to turn me off ever getting into it. Maybe it was because it wasn't such a prominent thing at the time and I never played much MP of anything anyway that I never really noticed how bad it was. My bigger issues with the MP at the time were the connection issues and trying to do your own thing in order to grind and do races and do up your car and then you're just being attacked by other players. Which forces you to fight back, spend money on ammo/guns etc and furthering your grind.

That being said, I absolutely loved the single player, and it was well worth every penny for the game (buying it on both PS3 and PS4). Lately I've even been getting a hankering to play it again.

So long as they give us a great single player and keep it free from MTs or grinding like they did with GTAV, and leave that sh*t to the MP... I'll live with it.

GavRedKing

I cant see the SP mode having any MT's or grinding TBH.

I wont pay any MT's, I rarely do, the ones I have paid for and would have no issue paying for is DLC content for SP, providing its worth the money.

Billy86

I don't mind the MTs in GTAV *so* much because I found you could mess about and have your fun without them, though I'm sure it's scaled up quite a bit in the two odd years since I've played it. The main reason I don't mind it though, is because it also comes with a very full, deep and wide single player game with probably around 100 hours in it, so even if the multiplayer simply didn't even exist (which I would prefer, what R* could do these days on single player only would be unreal) it would still be an excellent purchase on it's own.

Will I Am Not

The most desirable cars in GTA are around $3million. An average mission takes maybe 10 minutes and earns you $20,000 if you’re lucky.
So you’re talking approximately 150 missions taking 25 hours of continuous play to buy a nice car?
It’s an absolute joke of a system.

GavRedKing

The fixed races before were people made millions online was great. :pac:

I got out of GTA MP I'd say arund Xmas 2016, havent gone back to it since.

J. Marston

Yeah, I'm not touching MP in this.

Rockstar made millions upon millions with the gigantic timesink or microtransactions system in GTAV so you can be sure it'll be back in force in this too and I just can't be dealing with doing 200 missions to put go faster stripes on my horse.

The Specialist

There's 2 things for me which I think will keep me away from RDR2 online

1) The grind - been there and done that in GTA V, have no interest at all if RDR2 has a similar system (items priced so ridiculously high that you can either grind for 20+ hours or pay real money to boost your cash in game - reward me fairly for the time I'm putting in to your game or **** off)

2) The setting - I just don't see any longevity in the setting for an online game. GTA V was grand as it was a sprawling map with cool locations and loads of weapons, cars, properties etc. RDR 2 will have.....horses and tumbleweed? Just don't see the appeal.

J. Marston

The Specialist wrote: »

There's 2 things for me which I think will keep me away from RDR2 online

1) The grind - been there and done that in GTA V, have no interest at all if RDR2 has a similar system (items priced so ridiculously high that you can either grind for 20+ hours or pay real money to boost your cash in game - reward me fairly for the time I'm putting in to your game or **** off)

2) The setting - I just don't see any longevity in the setting for an online game. GTA V was grand as it was a sprawling map with cool locations and loads of weapons, cars, properties etc. RDR 2 will have.....horses and tumbleweed? Just don't see the appeal.

They said the apartment system will be coming back in the form of.....wait for it....tents.

Penn

The Specialist wrote: »

There's 2 things for me which I think will keep me away from RDR2 online

1) The grind - been there and done that in GTA V, have no interest at all if RDR2 has a similar system (items priced so ridiculously high that you can either grind for 20+ hours or pay real money to boost your cash in game - reward me fairly for the time I'm putting in to your game or **** off)

2) The setting - I just don't see any longevity in the setting for an online game. GTA V was grand as it was a sprawling map with cool locations and loads of weapons, cars, properties etc. RDR 2 will have.....horses and tumbleweed? Just don't see the appeal.

Was wondering the same after reading J.Marston's post above yours; what could the high-cost items in RDR2 Online even be? GTAV has cars, planes, boats, apartments, unique weapons etc. What high-cost items could RDR2 have to justify a grind which don't just completely break the Western setting of the game? The only thing I can really think of is your own ranch and the cost of populating/maintaining it.

Ultimately, I can't see RDR2 having the same pull for Online as GTAV did.

Lukker-

Penn wrote: »

Was wondering the same after reading J.Marston's post above yours; what could the high-cost items in RDR2 Online even be? GTAV has cars, planes, boats, apartments, unique weapons etc. What high-cost items could RDR2 have to justify a grind which don't just completely break the Western setting of the game? The only thing I can really think of is your own ranch and the cost of populating/maintaining it.

Ultimately, I can't see RDR2 having the same pull for Online as GTAV did.

They'll find something, even if it breaks the feel of the game. Probably be able to drive chariots or something, or a wooden tank.

GavRedKing

Penn wrote: »

Was wondering the same after reading J.Marston's post above yours; what could the high-cost items in RDR2 Online even be? GTAV has cars, planes, boats, apartments, unique weapons etc. What high-cost items could RDR2 have to justify a grind which don't just completely break the Western setting of the game? The only thing I can really think of is your own ranch and the cost of populating/maintaining it.

Ultimately, I can't see RDR2 having the same pull for Online as GTAV did.

Special breeds of horses, wagons or stage coaches for races.
Customised guns.
Clothes that give better stats.
You'be mentioned it but a ranch or homestead, maybe owning a bar/shop.
A gold mine, or the ability to mine it.
Online gambling through their mini games.

All just guesses but I wouldnt be surprised to see some of the above in th MP and at huge costs.

I don't know, it sounds good to me. Money grabs could possibly be Train and bank robberies. I think a Wild West setting for Battle Royale would work well too. I just hope the progression is done right.

Varik

Started playing GTA online over Christmas break, hadn't been on in ages and no clue about the new stuff.

Played the current at the time Occupy to get 2X $&RP competitive mode to earn some money to sort out business, and got 50k to 100k a game dependant on the team sizes and win/lose. These events are frequent. If buying cars was all I wanted would have been better off doing that alone, but it's nice to have the biker and bunker stuff running in the background.

The Specialist

Varik wrote: »

Started playing GTA online over Christmas break, hadn't been on in ages and no clue about the new stuff.

Played the current at the time Occupy to get 2X $&RP competitive mode to earn some money to sort out business, and got 50k to 100k a game dependant on the team sizes and win/lose. These events are frequent. If buying cars was all I wanted would have been better off doing that alone, but it's nice to have the biker and bunker stuff running in the background.

The biggest trick they missed in GTA was allowing your business to sell product without the bull**** need to transport it yourself through a lobby full of ****wits. Suppose that would have taken the shine off their precious sharkcards though.

ItsHoggie

Will I Am Not wrote: »

The most desirable cars in GTA are around $3million. An average mission takes maybe 10 minutes and earns you $20,000 if you’re lucky.
So you’re talking approximately 150 missions taking 25 hours of continuous play to buy a nice car?
It’s an absolute joke of a system.

And those yachts as well, something like 8 mil in game money which is around €60-70 in real life money if you were to buy shark cards, and you couldn't even drive them :pac: